Below are image sites to visit to select pictures to help students understand a word or concept.These images can be added together to create a concept map for a particular unit of study or individual images to support single vocabulary development.
Including multiple pictures to compare and contrast a concept may help students attend to the specific attributes of a word. For example, comparing the attributes of a straw hut to a tent and house, might help students better understand the specific attributes of a straw hut.
Below are image sites to visit to select pictures to help students understand a word or concept. These images can be added together to create a concept map for a particular unit of study or individual images to support single vocabulary development.
Book Resources
Educational Web Image Sites
Pics4Learning: http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Discovery Education: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/
Easy Stock Images; great illustrations: http://www.easystockphotos.com/education.html
Google Images: http://images.google.com/
Subscription Based Sites:
Images for Education; $35/year classroom; beautiful illustrations: http://www.terragalleria.com/educational-images.html
Use these sites carefully as there is always the risk of images popping up that are not appropriate to your task.